The Hollis Post-Herald. (Hollis, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 28, 1918 Page: 1 of 8
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The Hollis Post-Herald.
HOLLIS, HARMON COUNTY, OKLA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1918.
H. B Parrott Victom of Influenza Castleberry and Hollis
The many friends of Hubbard It is interesting to see a man
B Parrott will be surprised to and city grow up together in a
hear of his death. He was a- good school work. There were
bout 38 years of age, a strong, KansasXity and Superintendent
healthy man in the prime of life Greenwood that had moved a-
but persons of this type seem long together in the business of
to be more subject to influenza* school building for forty-three
than 'hose of weaker constitu- years. No greater honor can
tions j come to a man than that a cify
He married Mies Mae Taylor finds him good enough to live
'in January, 1913 Most of their; that they keep him with their
time since then has been spent children for a long period of
in Harmon county, although j years. Of course thereare efc-
they lived in New Mexico, Colo-jceptions where political mimpu-
rado and Arazona for a time. He lation or soft peddling lull the
was appearantly in good healih
but took a backset f i-om the in-
fluenza and died Friday morn-
ing, November 22nd after an ill-
ness of about two weeks.
His parents live in Waco, Tex-
as, and his body was taken there
for burial. He h survived by
people to sleep with an incompe
tent. A fiumtber of years ago it
was a common expression thit
Hollis, in Harmon county, is the
"livest" and best town for its
inches in the state. At that time
Marvin Castleberry, just a stri.v
pling and a strong graduate of
Kis wife, father, mother and,Central State Normal, went
many other relatives and friends, there to take .ts schools. He
They have the sympthy of the [has been there ever since and
entire community in this great perhaps no place in Oklahoma
hour of trouble.
One Who Knew Him.
FROM Dr. CcFADIN
To the Post-Herald
can show better returns through
the years in education than Hoi
lis. A new High School build-
ing which would cost $80,000 to
build now caps off the school
plant. Almost every teacher of
I ask space sir, that I may be Harmon county has passed
able to write"to my many friends through the Hollis schools and
in Hollis and surrounding coun-,has the stamp of Castleberry.
try. I arrived at Fort Riley He has forund time through th«
Monday p. m. and I was glad I years t0 take his A. B. and A. M.
was not the only green Doctor from the University of Okltho-
to arrive as there was over fifty ma take a part in the develbp-
arrived the same afternoon andment 0f the association of thci
there has been two new com- state and the southwest and be
panis formed since my com-!a part 0f the thrifty communitv
panv was filled, with ninety which he lives. Hollis will
doctors from all Darts of the have to hold hard or some dav
country I have learned some ;ts schools will have to give their
very valuable lessons, some that jra(jer over to larger spheres.—
many of the good women of Holl jjpvlow.s Weekly.
is and Harmon county would be | Hollis fully realizes the worth
triad to know to execute. andirn(j merits of their citv school
that is the lesson to obey. There Superintendent. Mr. Castleberw
is two great things to learn here „nd while confident of his abilitv
First* obey orders; Second, to for greater work, it is nuite
do thintrs. and you can bet your, norbable will "hold hard" as
sweet life I trv mv best to obev lonp. ^ possible. He has no su-
every order at- all times. It is pevjor and' but few equals.
great. 1 love it. The only thin°r I — —
can't learn it fast enough. Ev- j.KOM A. H. SCIVALLY
ervbody busv and everybody Somewhere in France-
nice and to the one point—-busi- pother ind Mother
near.. It would be interesting to De;^nfan? write Vou a few
r?d- wm finth laS'myself fine, and hop* this will
llkS fWu Well of all ^e ™ V™ al! the same. I .am in
u ,, not a seancus wound., I got shot
w And now itV Sunday. £
first h"~ e to answo ro cai wjH SOon be all right
theP" ;;\ M r A Ta^oi lec- ^ you all can see how I am cele-
« Uss ft Y. M. C. A. ialK oi lec hirthriav in France.
THE SOLDIER SPEAKS
Captain L. B, Myers.
We have fought your fight, we have spilled our
blood, 1
And the graves of our pals are green ;
We have gone where you sent, through battle ana
scourge, , , . * <-*• Jia
And we've come through Victory clean.
The years of our lives are shortened by far
That the hopes you cherished might bear,
Aand all we ask, that the fighting is done,
Is treat our dead pals square.
And "Brotherly Love" may go for some,
Who havn't been seered by flame;
And petting the Hun may do for the breed
Who answer a coward's name.
But ask us to take the hand of a beast,
While our comrades' blood drips red,
And we'll say to the teeth of such infamy:
"Remember the boys who are dead." (
There may be those who* would build their wealth
With trappings of German mould,
And maybe there live a pitiful few •
Who would revel in Prussian gold;
But the men from the trenches in Flander s field
A re strong in the pride of race,
We are joumevinpr back to the Westerland
To look our old friends in the face.
We are coming back with the joust with death,
To the old remembered ways,
To tread in the paths of ambient peace,
And we s*ek neither honor nor praise:
But the p-hosts of the nils we left behind
Call ont from the new turned loam I
And all th?t we ask. is remember the boys—
Our pals who will never come home.
UNITED STATES FOOD AD
MINISTRATION
\Y iibhington, D. C.
Again in tuli confidence, I call
upon ihe American people to set
aiiue Sunday, December, first,
and the week following, for the
consideration of America's op-
pcitunity for reneSvid service
and sacrifice.
PRICE $1.50 IN ADVANCE.
OBITUARY
Miss Thelma Rhea Madden,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. H.
Madden, of this city, died Nov-
ember twenty-eighth, after an
illnes of one week with pneu-
monia.
The funeral services were held
at her hom Thursday afternoon
at two o'clock, Eld. R. L. Gillen-
Last summer, when the mil- tine offering words of encourage-
itary situation was acute, we as-
sured the Inter-Allied Food Con-
ference in London, that whatev-
er thewar-food program of, the
Allies required we were prepar-
ed to meet; that the conference
need not consider whether or
not we had the supplies, we
were prepared to find them; we
pledged ourselves, by the volun-
tary economy of our people, to
have the reserves in food to sup-
ply all nesessities. The ending
of the War does not release us
from our pledge. The same pop-
nation1 must be fed , and until
another season has passed, they
cannot feed themselves.
The change in the foreign sit-
uation] nec.essitari|v alters the
details of our food program, be-
cause the freeing of the seas
from the submarine menace, ren-
ders acecessible the wheat sup-
plies of India. Australia and the
ment to the fam ly and friends.
Thelma was well known here.
Most of her school bays had
been spent in Hollis, where each
year she drew her class mates
closer to her by the charm of her
lovely character.
She graduated from Hollis
High school in the sprink of
nineteen hundred-seventeen and
as many remember, with high
honors
After leaving high school she
began her teaching career. She
was this year employed to teach
in Hollis public school, and wag
faithfully do ng her work before
she was taken ill. She was con-
scientious in every thing that
that she did, and as it was al-
ways her desire to do What she
did, in the best way, she waa
veiy successful as a teacher.
Her character was of the high
est order. Intelligence, capabilf-
THE LIVING HUN SPIRIT HALLSMITH BREEZES
m . Peace—Yes thats oar Watch
The Hun is Still in Our Midst | wol(J mw
The same modern Judis Iscar-( Mr and Mrs Fred Kfte and
iot who has slunk alpng the dark Mrs. Helen Wileey visited Mr.
alles of the nation while Ameri- H. B. Kite on Sunday.
can boys were dying in France, J. F. McMurry received a tele-
betraying, conniving with, crimes £am a few days ago stating
, * , . i.: * j: that, his son. Charlie, was miss-
Argentine. The totaffbod de- ty and energy, coupled with
mand upon the United States is P^ity, nobility and love. What
not deminished. however. On
the contrary, it is increased. In
addition to the supplying of
those to whom we are already
pledged, we now have the splen-
did opportunity and obligation
of meeting the needs of those
more could one seek to find. All
who knew her loved her because
of her winning ways and the
lovely life she led.
She was as unselfish as one
could pocsibly be. The interests
of others was always first in her
that his son, Charlie, was miss
ing in action since October 9th.
Earnest Cuny, Earnest Steph-
ens and Dennis Worrell, of No.
4. were HalTsmith visitors last
upon
aid. We must also participate
^ , in the preservation of the new-
bqndjy. . c , 1 lv liberated nations in Austria;
J Miss Jane Hassspent Sunday, cfln we fffnore the effect on
mflHions of people in the hither-jmind-
to occupied territories who are °njy aftea otheis had con-
facing actual starvation. Tlie jdered. was sheto
people of Belgium. Northern'hei w
France, Serbia, Montenegro, Po- closes^ ^n £r fhpm^n
land, Russia and Armenia rely! what shefrouM cto gr th«n m
America for immediate the future, to make thetrt happy.
of every description, dipping his
hands in the foulest crimes of
history, is still at large.
He was unable to destroy the
faith of America in its time of;
trial.
All the wiles of a degenerate, ■ -
race eould not shake the ideafe evenmg j.tt, the Mws.Calfe the f„ture w01.td development*
and principles of the United! One of Mr. Sullivan s^ dangh-l^ famine rondition amorg
States while the stress of war' tera who haa^erion_ the sick those other people whom we
was upon us: but he has not proving this writing have ve<.e„t[v released from our
^paired. , Reports has-!t ^ ""'l'" enemies. M these consider,- . •- -
While the Hun across the sea:^ >e coming home in a few ti„„, mea„ ttlat of 200 te'[?,d"t|h
cries "Mercy, Mercy," when ^s. million people, in addition to Her loved
there is no mercy, the Hun in We £ie informed that our pas- t^0f!e we are a]readv plMqred to
our midst is seeking by everyi |orL^ev- B.odd-Is WOTito •return pprve are pow lnoVinor to up in
insiduous device in his power; to Missouri. We ijegret veiv thei'r rn,-Spinr famine. Our
to dethrone reason and to con-.m"ch to loose him but hope he pnr€aj fodrv is therefore larger
found'?Ke authorized spokesmenrwill be successful in his new
m "£roUierLove" is^s Theme1 Alvin Kite left for Camp Cody
JJrotheriy i^ove is ms m Thursdav to visit "his brother.
now. . ..... , | Rov Albright was a Hollis vis.
All members of the immedi-
ate family were with her to the
last, except her brother, Francie
who was overseas Thelma ana
Francis were bevotsd to each oth
er, lieing so near the same age,
and having gone through schoof
together. It was so saA tluvt he
was away at the time of his sis-
ture by some Minister You can
fcee the boys all reading or writ-
ing home to some loved one
Now let me tell you folks at
home there" is nothing they
would rather see than a letter
from some friend or homefolks.,
brating my birthday in France.
Well how is everything at home
ne I hope. I guess that you arP
11 busy gathering the crop. I
would lika to be home to help
you for I am suer you need my
help. How have you all been
si moh pus 'Suon? SuiipS
' ti. UL T 1A/\ma oUrt i o
__ - • —•—
"brotherly Love" is his theme1
To a Christian nation he!
comes with the doctrine which ^ tuckv,
through the "ffu" season, as only
a few havp had the disease.
Young Hopeful.
Dont forget them. ' erVhealth. * I hope she is feel-
There is the beest infc« ing bttter than when I left. How
thrown around g,andma getting along. Tell
Chrisi taught.
But hp forgets that the same
Christ who taught brotherly love
did not let the money changers
back into the temple. He for-
<r«#s that a Christian nation
does not let its murderers go
free. He forgets that leniency
is only meted out to those who
deserve leniency."
The graves are stillfresn
Incourage your boy, ask ^ir^,^lher'l am getting along fiine. and
visit the "Y ,Y^ ^nle that 1 ani coming hoir)S b?fore
\ou can feel that the Y long, bv the way things look .
are doing all they can to help Don,t woriy about me for I
Vou tell them
fliom'' Q-irl ^ right
foi them and ivhvi Ufc
With lots of love I will close,
As ever your loving boy ,
Armet H. Siiyally.
Our jolly good friend, Ban
Moore, who is traveling for a
large shoecompany in Misstouri,
came in last week and will prob-
ably be here until after the first
of the year. Ben is making
your boy. Now
you are praying
incourage them cheerfully and
tell them you know they are
noble and strong
Over the rostrum! there is a
large sign"Live Streight to
Shoot Straight". I think it is
one of the most apporpriate
signs I have ever seen.
You people cn't imagine what
our boys are giving up when
they go into the service, yet they
love and enioy it. In the Medical
Off cers training camp our com-
pany is made up of the very
best talent the medical profess-
ion has. men from 35 to55 years
od, who have families, good pne
tice and comfortable homes — .
Now there is a place for every I am going to try
able bodied Doctor and he has right. %
no excuse for not going. This letter is to my manv
I offered mv services when friends of Hollis and furround-
things looked' dark, and I am ing country. I would like to get
efcid of it. Of course I hate to a
be arv from mv loved ones, nnd answer, but *nould \ou not
but am doing it'for vour loved. hear -rom me just say to vour-
onps All I a>k is please see sell tis an answei to tho letter
tZ'ray tlX M** Asjm the Post-H^d.
for me you can know even' Sun-.all.
dav where I am. either at the) 1st Lieut. J. S. ]^cFadin.
or som« church. This is mv 9 rj? «?1 ^ 0% r
day, from 7 a. m. to 5 p. m. and. Barracks 2 Co. 51 M. O. T C
HENRY KITE DEAD
Henry Kite, who about three
or four weeks ago was drafted
into the service of his country,
and left for Camp Cody. New
in'( idexieo, died of Pneumonia last
Flanders* The dismantled homes Thursday. His remains were
of thousands of humble, peace | sent here Sunday night, accomp-
lovinir peasants are still smoking, anied by his brother, Alvin and
alone the old battle front in 1 Private Wooldredke.
Fra^ce j Funeral services were conduct-
Mav these ever rise before the , ed by Rev. Boyd at the home of
the vision of Americans while his brother, Fred Kite, in Hollis
the honeyed words of Hunied, Monday afternoon, interment
interests are whispered in bo in Fairrtiount cemetary.
o-uiling tones to American ears. We extend sympathy to the
° The fight against savagery, bereaved wife and parents,
brutality and oppression still is
than thp forme** anneal to the
^var consc.iencpM. of our neoolp
The jhew n^efll is to the "world
oonsffeVfcp*'* wh?#*h the
«*tndin^ inspiration of our future
prowrnm.' '
The PvesMonf of the TJn?t. ^
States h«<s ppVed me to tak®
fhnrge for this CJoven^e^t of
wovk r to pei*fe^f and
fhe «n'! n<rpTr,p'"tQ for
to nnntilntio" ^>f 'Bp^i 'v
f>nd Fvpncp now bo?""" vplcno^'.
nil to nrmtnivp
thp TIP'1*' of tViP Vh-
pvate^ ppor 1e« of
vnrve to nrrvnnt as
h?^ HVpn ?V| Piicq?".
The ^etprm'^iner fpptor fo**
the s"PcecB °f s"fh p^laro'ed
will be the. r o* _
seiousness in pvery individual in
eaeh community of o^licration.
and opportunity. It is th^.t com-
mon recognition of obligation,
that we now wish to create.
Such an intelligent "world con-
science" in American people
must be the main dependence <>f
the stricken countries cf the
Her loved ones in their bitter
grief have the blessed assurance'
that their darling is at rest, her
trials and temptations are pa*t.
She has paid the penalty of
death which awaits us all.
It was oh,80- hard to give her
up. She was so ypung. so hopeful
with her life's career opening up
before her, so much planned for
tfie future. Shp was wo dear to
her people and friends. It ia in-
deed a bitter triat.
We beg the bereaved ones to
weep not as those who have no
hope.but to be comforted with1
the fact that she was ready for
the home, whicn is far better
than this.
on , Rev. J. L. Gage and family
It behoves eveiy American to left this week for his new &p- woild until normal conditions
remember. jpointmnt in the eastern part oljare onco more restored.
We remembered the Maine, the state. Rev. Gage nad been
of the year. Ben is maKing We rememw^ ^ Lusjtania : in Ho,Hs for th pa8t tw0 yaal.s
good, having the distinction s^ill have ships on the and had made a host of friends,
selling and distributing more, But *e still nave p , ^ ^ &nd Qut and we re.
America by her participation
in the War has accomplished her
objectives of self-defense nnd of
vindicating the efficiency of a
When our dear ones here are
called away
And wafted to heaven above
We grieve for them, each lone-
some day
Because of our bountiful love.
But still we know in that home"
above
Where sorrows never are
The one whom we so dearly lov-
ed
Is happier by far
One who loved her.
shoes than any of his cowoikeis.j ^ead children of France *ret to loosehim. He has the government jn which the people,
; ad Belgium, we did not forget., best wishes of all who knew him, d the oniv< are sover-
Hugh Garrison _and family. js t forget that their,
left Tuesday morning for their,^t hM^teln^d in full.
She has established the
This is Thanksgiving Day. and
if there ever was a time in the
history of the country when the
men and women of America
should T.our out their souls in
thankfulness to a Devine Cre-
ator. it is now.
Bloodshed of the past four
years has ceased, our boys.who
have, by the grace of the Heav-
enly Father, won victory for the
new home at Walters, Oklahoma
and use it
France wore the
Germany must near
peace
,the cold weather
her tt3y for some
... I Mrs. B. B. Bell has recovered, foundations of government by j right, and put to an end barber-
yoke of war.: from her opperation and wouid the people throughout the enemy (ism of a despotic government,
r the yoke of , have been home this week but countries and this is the real: thus giving assurance of a last-
may prolong bulwark of world peace. We, in? peace and a better world m
time at Man- must do our na,i if the world be which to Jive, are scon coming
Tirvf* ronsumeH in « flame of an- home, and with heaven s tear-
I drors kissing old mother earth,
living hopes of an abundant
harvest next year, sad indeed
.... ..... "jiorv. .. «• .... ODnortunitv iolis the man who« heart does not
a poultiy rar on the treck and will.demonstrate not only their ahil-1 well up in tnanktuin
,c I nav the hiorhpltt markpt nHce for. *n oceifif in «.3t hlishin<r 1 Ti*ue man\ aye sick an
Snow becran falling here Sun- gum.
not consumed in a flame of an-
rchy. ^ .
.The American people, in thisj
manv
heavv at anv time but was suffi-jber 5th and 6th I will have jtorv. have the
cient to cover the ground to a poultry rar on the track and will| demonstrate nc. . .
dphth of five or six inches, thus nay the highest market price for,ity to assist in establishing - j ^ but
rddinir to the alseady fine sea- Turkeys and Chickens. peace on earth, but also theirjhaxe gone to then reua.^nut
son in the ground, and incre«s-i Hollis Produce Company, two consecration, bv self-denial, ^ trrodne^ nd should
inff our hopes for a bountiful doors north of m>st office, phone, the canse of suffering humanity. |of HJ,94l
«xt y«r. .^ i 0. R Pool Prop. |
Herbert Hoover.
gcodnecs nd
nend the day thanking Him.
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